Tottenham Hotspur and Millwall have collided three times, twice in the Premier League, and also met in the semi-finals of the English League Cup, and Tottenham Hotspur coach Joel will naturally study Millwall's style of play carefully.

At the beginning of the season, many media reported on Millwall's 'two-core' style of play, and other teams also studied it carefully, hoping to extract the advantages and put them into their own tactical system.

Joel has done the same.

Tottenham Hotspur is a team that is good at playing an attacking style, the 'double core' style of play focuses on attack, which will make the connection between the midfield closer, and Joel even considered moving the 'double core' style of play directly to Tottenham's system, because the two are not in conflict, and the 'double core' can be used as a refinement supplement to Tottenham's tactical system, and can also strengthen the connection between the side and the middle.

In the end, Joel failed.

No matter how much research and analysis is done, Joel has not figured out the reason for Millwall's success in playing the 'double core'.

There will definitely be a conflict between the two cores, which is almost inevitable, but Millwall does not have the problem of conflict, and Joel can only attribute the reason to Millwall's squad configuration, Tottenham Hotspur does not have suitable players, and imitation will naturally not succeed.

After analyzing Millwall's tactics, Joel did have a good understanding of Millwall.

In Joel's view, Millwall and Tottenham's style of play is actually somewhat similar, both pursue fast-paced and efficient pursuits, and in terms of coordinated play, Millwall has better control over the midfield, but Tottenham's wings play a greater role in attack.

Both sides have advantages and disadvantages for each other.

Joel's analysis is also confirmed by the three games, and the meeting between the two teams is a gorgeous attacking feast, with an average of more than five goals per game being the biggest proof of this.

When the game is played against the attack, there is no such thing as restraint.

In the offensive battle, it is the state of the field and the efficiency in front of the goal that determine the outcome of the attack, the former also determines the latter, Tottenham's squad configuration is slightly worse than Millwall, the difference is in the level of the strikers, Berbatov and Defoe are also good, but Millwall has the league's top scorer Darren Bent, Berbatov and Defoga's efficiency together, can not catch up with Darren Bent, which is also where the gap between the two sides lies.

So when Darren Bent is injured, Tottenham can draw at home to Millwall.

This is Joel's understanding.

Darren Bent is said to have recovered from injury, but there is a lot of uncertainty about how the newly injured player can be.

Joel is still very confident in the game.

Just like the confidence shown by manager Joel, Tottenham Hotspur was confident and had a fighting spirit to beat Millwall, and they also provoked the pre-game war of words, although they were suffocated by Zhang Yang's words, but it did not hit their confidence in the game.

Joel's analysis of Millwall also boosted the team's confidence.

Joel believes Millwall's 'collapse is imminent' because they are already in danger.

Millwall's performance was indeed outstanding, but it took too much energy from multiple fronts, and with serious injuries in recent times, their good results were based on the vitality of the team.

Many of the players played in a row.

The most typical example is David Livermore, who has played more than 90 per cent of the games since the beginning of the season, including the League Cup, FA Cup, and Champions League, and is the player with the most appearances and minutes of the 20 teams in the Premier League.

Livermore may be a special example, his strength is well known, and other players have played a lot, such as Darren Bent, who has played so many times that it has led to an injury explosion.

Millwall has a wide range of injuries, in the final analysis, Millwall's squad is limited, the main squad has strength, but there are too many gaps between the bench players, and in many games, they have to let the main players play in order to win the game.

Millwall have been in a phase of exhaustion since January, and they will play in the most difficult Champions League, and it is difficult to say how long they will be able to hold on, and a collapse is possible under great pressure.

"As long as we put enough pressure on the opponent in the game, they are likely to collapse on their own!"

Joel's statement gave the Tottenham players more confidence.

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Joel's analysis of Millwall actually has some truth.

For example, in January, Millwall lost the FA Cup, drew with Tottenham Hotspur in the first leg of the League Cup semi-final, and drew with Charlton Athletic in the league.

This is the strategy discussed by Millwall's coaching staff.

In many less important games, more substitutes can be appropriately used to reduce the pressure on the main players, and as long as they face important games, they will let the whole main team play.

It's about preparing for the upcoming Champions League.

In the dressing room before the game, Zhang Yang talked about his style of play for the last time, and he constantly emphasized defence, and also highlighted Jamie Vardy.

In the counter-attacking style of play, Jamie Vardy's role is infinitely magnified.

"Jamie, in this game, I think you can play to your full ability, rely on yourself, rely on your teammates, and create enough threats to the opponent's defense!"

This is a flamboyant request.

This game was also a test for Vardy.

Adedy has been excellent before, as evidenced by the goal figures, but Vardy hasn't really experienced any difficulties, he has always played with the team, and as a replacement for Darren Bent, he will have enough support in midfield, and many times, the only thing to do is to put the ball in the goal.

Compared to Darren Bent, Vardy is still a little too immature.

Back last season, many of Darren Bent's goals were scored by himself, and he quickly attacked the opponent's defense with the ball, and made the best choice calmly under huge defensive pressure.

It's experience, but it's also a calm mind!

Jamie Vardy is good, but he has too little experience, and he needs to be more composed and face more challenges.

The match put the chips on Jamie Vardy.

Jamie Vardy has a detached personality, but like Braniff, he's full of footballing intelligence.

When standing on the pitch, Vardy kept thinking back to his words and felt very motivated.

He couldn't wait.

Fast forward two years and he's still playing in a nine-tier league, and when he comes off the bench for the Steels, he's excited to be part of the real game.

As soon as the competition was over, he had to work in a cake shop for his livelihood.

That memory was tragic.

There will always be ups and downs in the pursuit of professional football, and Vardy knows he is not a genius, at least not a talent who is recognized by everyone.

There is no shortage of talents in European football, such as Wayne Rooney, who was in the Everton academy since he was a child, was suspended from the first team at the age of 16, and then scored in the Premier League within a year, was selected for the England national team, and was even bought by Manchester United at a high price.

Wayne Rooney has a smooth path to the top of his career.

That's genius.

If there is no opportunity to play in the Premier League and the Champions League, it is almost impossible for him to enter the youth team of any big club.

No one will value him.

It was with this bumpy experience that Vardy was even more grateful for the importance of the showmanship.

Now against such an important game, he started as the most important player.

Vardy was thrilled!

For himself, for publicity, and for the whole team, he must have an excellent performance, and he must do his best!

Determination is a rare sight on Vardy's face!

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Neil Field.

The second leg of the Carabao Cup between Millwall and Tottenham Hotspur has begun.

When the two sides were in position and the game was playing normally, Tottenham Hotspur coach Joel noticed something strange - unlike the previous encounters, Millwall did not show strong midfield control, and the offensive development was limited, and it seemed that there was no intention of letting go of the attack.

So Millwall's style of play is ...... Defend and counterattack!?

Joel stood up in surprise.

Not only Joel, but also the reporters in the media gallery, including many fans in the stands, noticed that the game was not ordinary.

This is not the so-called 'confrontation war' that the media expected.

Millwall's 'dual-core' tactics have played quite powerfully, and have been unanimously praised by the media and fans, and the results are also quite strong, as evidenced by the six points that have been pulled down by Manchester United so far, and many people feel that as long as they stick to this tactic until the end of the season, Millwall can easily complete the defense of the league title.

How did it suddenly become defense-oriented in the game?

What does that mean?

In today's game, the commentator of "Sky Sports" is Belu Elson, who is qualified to be a first-line commentator, relying not on a specific commentary style, but on a detailed understanding of professional football and the seriousness of the opponent's commentary every time.

When he found out that Millwall was playing defensive counter-attacks, Belu Elson immediately analyzed the reason, "Maybe Zhang Yang didn't want the team to play defensive counter-attacks, but they had to do it." ”

"Quaresma and Darren Bent have just recovered from injury, Braniff has played in a row, the last game was surprisingly poor, and there must be some out-of-shape, all three can only sit on the bench, Millwall's starting lineup, which also includes the youngster Weston, also proves the severity of their injury troubles, in this case, playing against the attack is already the next choice, it is likely to give Tottenham more opportunities, Millwall chose a more conservative defensive counterattack."

"It's actually the right decision in the current situation, but whether Millwall, who have lost their traditional style of play for a long time, can still play the tough defensive counterattack that they did last season will be the biggest attraction of the game."

That's what Tottenham boss Joel is concerned about.

Tottenham is not afraid of any defensive counterattack, in the league they often encounter teams that play defensive counterattacks, and even Tottenham occasionally play defensive counterattacks, players are very familiar with defensive counterattacks, but defensive counterattacks and defensive counterattacks are different, the top teams play defensive counterattacks, which will make the opponent depressed to death, the offense can't play, and the defense is also stretched, on the contrary, the defensive counterattack of the general team is not a threat at all, no matter how to strengthen the defense, it has nothing to do with the offense, the small ball will use this style of play, Tottenham, on the other hand, will be invincible.

Which Millwall belongs to?

Last season's Millwall was not as good as the top giants, but it was not much worse.

The current Millwall, the lack of the squad is more serious, and it is difficult to say what kind of performance it can have, but it must be noted that Millwall has changed its tactics, and all the arrangements before the game have been done useless, completely disrupting all the arrangements.

What the game will be like has also become full of suspense.